diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ThreadFragment.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ThreadFragment.java
index 674ef189e..9247eccaa 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ThreadFragment.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ThreadFragment.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.joinmastodon.android.model.Status;
 import org.joinmastodon.android.model.StatusContext;
 import org.joinmastodon.android.ui.displayitems.ExtendedFooterStatusDisplayItem;
 import org.joinmastodon.android.ui.displayitems.FooterStatusDisplayItem;
+import org.joinmastodon.android.ui.displayitems.SpoilerStatusDisplayItem;
 import org.joinmastodon.android.ui.displayitems.StatusDisplayItem;
 import org.joinmastodon.android.ui.displayitems.TextStatusDisplayItem;
 import org.joinmastodon.android.ui.text.HtmlParser;
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ public class ThreadFragment extends StatusListFragment{
 					text.textSelectable=true;
 				else if(item instanceof FooterStatusDisplayItem footer)
 					footer.hideCounts=true;
+				else if(item instanceof SpoilerStatusDisplayItem spoiler){
+					for(StatusDisplayItem subItem:spoiler.contentItems){
+						if(subItem instanceof TextStatusDisplayItem text)
+							text.textSelectable=true;
+					}
+				}
 			}
 			items.add(new ExtendedFooterStatusDisplayItem(s.id, this, s.getContentStatus()));
 		}